If God were real, you wouldn’t need a book

[Into the Night]

If you call not believing very important things on bad evidence a problem, sure?

Evidence is not 'good' or 'bad'. It is simply evidence.

 

[gmark77]

Oh wise one, how I love to bask in your intelligence...... /sarcasm

Seriously, don't debate a topic if you haven't read anything about it. Implicit atheism is a brand of atheism and the most logically robust.

And you are impressed by my intelligence because I know what the meaning of a word is? Wow. You are easily impressed.

 

[gmark77]

Religion is not science, skidmark...

You are so out of your depth on this one.

Science relies on the concept of the "null hypothesis" when testing any given claim. It is a perfectly rational method for assessing the truth value of any claim.

You then gather evidence to test AGAINST the null. If you have sufficient evidence you are sure you are less likely to be making a Type I error (false positive) then you REJECT THE NULL hypothesis.

So far insufficient evidence has been presented to reject the null hypothesis without having a high likelihood of a "false positive" result.

It's the basis of how drugs are tested for efficacy, it's the basis of how any hypothesis is tested. It's even the basis of the justice system in the US (you start with the Null of "not guilty" and then test against that. )

Now, move along. Or learn more about the topic.

 

[Cypress]

Either way, it is an entity that could, and has according to the Bible, made its presence known.

Yes, The ignorance of man has resulted in all kinds of crazy beliefs.

Sure, but a concept has no method for revealing itself or making its presence felt in a way that in all-powerful being would.

I associate the term faith with religion. If you're saying that I have varying degrees of confidence in my beliefs, I would absolutely agree with that.

Agree. Man has used all kinds of writings to infer a god.

I'll let someone, much smarter than I, address that....

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/bwHqrooeYmw?si=K6hADR44ypvwME5u

I didn't make the case Piers Morgan made.

I didn't make the God of the gaps argument Nike Tyson brought up.

Your YouTube video has nothing to do with me and the case I presented.

Niel also said he doesn't know what caused the universe, aka he is agnostic about it.

 

[ZenMode]

RQAA

Lol...of course it was. Questions you don't want to answer are always already answered.

BLNT

 

[ZenMode]

Evidence is not 'good' or 'bad'. It is simply evidence.

Really? So hearsay is equal in quality to first person witnessing?

Oh, let me guess...RQAA.

 

[ZenMode]

I didn't make the case Piers Morgan made.

I didn't make the God of the gaps argument Nike Tyson brought up.

Your YouTube video has nothing to do with me and the case I presented.

Niel also said he doesn't know what caused the universe, aka he is agnostic about it.

You made, and have made, EXACTLY that argument. That which can't be explained by science is explained by a god.

That's quite literally your argument.